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October 23 , 2020

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2 ■ October 22-23,2020

575

1930-S Buffalo Nickel Double Die Obverse

Native American obverse, bison reverse, popular double die with pickup
points at date and LIBERTY, graded by SEGS as XF45
Provenance: Brunk Auctions, February 7-8, 2020, Lot 518
Estimate: $100 - $200

576

Group of Silver U.S. Dollars, Half Dollars

14 Kennedy Halves of 1964; one Kennedy Half of 1965; two Kennedy Halves
of 1966; two Barber Halves; three Morgan Dollars, all are circulated, typical
scattered marks, Barber Halves with more wear and abrasions than others
Provenance: Estate of Rita Barg, New Bern, North Carolina
Estimate: $200 - $300

577

1914-D Gold Indian Quarter Eagle

popular incuse design Indian Head $2.50 gold coin, actual gold weight (AGW)
0.12094 oz. T., XF with typical minor abrasions present at that grade level
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $300 - $500

578

89 United States Banknotes

Fractional 50 Cent note, Stanton, Fourth Issue; series of 1917 Legal Tender $1;
1928A "Funny Back" $1; 1934 "Funny Back" $1; 11 Silver Certificate $1 (three
are star notes); 25 $2, series of 1928; 38 $2, series of 1953 (one a star note);
five 1963 $2 (one a star note); one 1953 Silver Certificate $5; five 1963 Legal
Tender $5, all are circulated to various degrees, some with splits, discoloration,
creases, tape repairs, torn corners, and graffiti
Provenance: Dr. Harry Glenn Buchanan Collection
Estimate: $300 - $500

An old superstition holds that $2 bills are unlucky and the only way to release
the bad mojo was to tear one or more of the corners. This lot contains
numerous examples of banknotes given this treatment.

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580

Two Chopmarked Trade Dollars

1875 and 1877, both San Francisco Mint, chop marks to obverse and reverse,
both circulated, some hairlines, discoloration
Provenance: Dr. Harry Glenn Buchanan Collection
Estimate: $200 - $400

Group of U.S. Currency

three notes total, series of 1917 Legal Tender $1, Speelman/White signatures;
series of 1917 Legal Tender $1, Elliott/White signatures; series of 1918 Federal
Reserve Bank Note $1, issued at Boston, Elliott/Burke signatures, Speelman/
White Legal Tender VF with three vertical folds; Elliott/White Legal Tender VG
with distress to paper; Federal Reserve Bank Note (Boston) VG with distress,
possibly trimmed

Provenance: Estate of William A. Little, Charlottesville, Virginia
Estimate: $200 - $300

581

Gold John Kennedy Medal

German, Kennedy profile on obverse, date of assassination on reverse with
translated message "we all lost him", stamped "900" fineness, some evidence
of handling, mounted in bezel

Provenance: Collection of an American Diplomat Stationed in Paris, France; by
descent in family
Estimate: $500 - $700

The weight of the medal only, without the bezel, is 10.46 grams. This gives an
AGW (actual gold weight) of 0.30 oz. T.

582

23 Vintage Proof Sets

three sets from 1960; five sets from 1962; six sets from 1963; nine sets from
1964, some writing and distress to outer envelopes, coins remain in original
cellophane packaging with no visible harm
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $300 - $500

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583

Saudi Arabian and Indian Silver Coinage

17 total coins, Saudi Arabia, five Quarter Riyals; nine Half Riyals; two Riyals;
India, Hyderabad, Rupee, Saudi Arabian coins with luster and no visible
evidence of circulation, some toning; Indian Rupee VF
Provenance:

Estimate: $300 - $500

584

Roll American Silver Eagles

full roll of 20 coins, dated 1986, uncirculated with minimal handling
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $400 - $600

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585

Ten 1881-S Morgan Silver Dollars

San Francisco issue, uncirculated with a few proof like
Provenance: Brunk Auctions, May 15-16, 2020, Lot 960
Estimate: $400 - $600

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586

Group of U.S. and Confederate Currency

nine Fractional Currency notes; series of 1923 $1 Silver Certificate; series of
1914 $5 Federal Reserve Note; January 14, 1779 $20 Continental Congress
Issue, CC-92; Yellow Seal $1 North Africa note; six Confederate notes;
Alabama $1 obsolete banknote; five Virginia obsolete banknotes; Baltimore
Exchange Office 25 Cent note; 23 $1 Silver Certificates; two Red Seal $2
notes; ten $1 Federal Reserve Notes (1960s dates), all notes with circulation
and wear; Fractional Currency with severe damage and losses; Confederate,
Southern States and obsolete notes with evidence of considerable circulation
Provenance: Fredrick K. Alouf, Sr. Collection
Estimate: $200 - $300

588

Group of Foreign Coins, Banknotes, Medals

over 350 foreign coins, Ireland, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Denmark,
Italy, Austria, Portugal; over 75 foreign banknotes, mostly South American
countries; 1941 to 1973 Lincoln Cent partial set; pair of HK-400 Panama
Pacific Bronze Medals, all are circulated, coins with typical wear and surface
abrasions; banknotes with heavy usage, other damages; Lincoln Cents
circulated, some toning; Panama Pacific medals with only light handling
Provenance: Property from a duPont Family Estate, Charlottesville, Virginia
Estimate: $200 - $300

587

Collector and Bullion Coin Assortment

tenth ounce gold American Eagle; one ounce silver "Christmas" round; 1850
Half Cent; 1847 Large Cent (x2); 1848 Large Cent; 1864 Two Cent piece; 1869
Two Cent piece; 1852 silver Three Cent piece; 1841 Half Dime, gold and silver
bullion coins are UNC; remaining coins all with wear from circulation; Half
Cent with unnatural color from a prior cleaning
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $200 - $300

589

Kennedy Half Dollars, U.S. Mint Set Run

Kennedy Half Dollars, 30 coins, each date 1964 to 1994; Alaskan Mint Bear
medallion, .999 fine silver with gilt accents; U.S. Mint sets issued by Postal
Commemorative Society, with stamps, in album. Mint sets remain sealed in
Government issued packaging; only light handling to others
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $200 - $300

The U.S. Mint set group has dates ranging from 1964 to 1994 including the
SMS (Special Mint Sets) of 1965, 1966, and 1967 along with the three piece
silver coinage of the Bicentennial. The only missing years seem to be 1977,
1982, and 1983, the latter two dates having not been officially produced in
traditional Mint set packaging. There is curiously a duplicate 1993 Mint set
included in this lot.

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590

Assorted Collector Coins, Medals and Tokens

box of Lincoln Cents, 1909 to 1933, incomplete with some duplication; box
of Nickels, 1913 (Buffalo) to 1955 (Jefferson), incomplete; Whitman folders
for Indian Head Cents, Lincoln Cents, Liberty Head Nickels, Buffalo Nickels,
Jefferson Nickels, incomplete; examples of German "hyperinflation era"
currency; numerous rolls and partial rolls of coins, majority one cent and five
cent denomination; 1956 Proof set in hard plastic case; 1957 Proof set (x2),
no outer envelopes; 1964 Proof set, no outer envelope; 1970 Panama Five
Balboas, sterling silver; United Nations 25th Anniversary Commemorative
medal, sterling silver; 1799 British Halfpenny; 1903 Philippine 50 Centavos;
uncirculated Morgan Dollar in triangular wooden display; various tokens,
foreign coins, exposition medals, majority show circulatLon and wear, typical
marks and abrasions; 1799 British Halfpenny lustrous Ail with some remaining
red, minor carbon spots; 1903 Philippines 50 Centavos, high grade, possibly a
proof

Provenance: Fredrick K. Alouf, Sr. Collection
Estimate: $200 - $300

591

Series 1953A Red Seal Two Dollar Star Notes

five consecutive serial numbered notes, Priest/Anderson signature
combination, crisp UNC appearance to each note
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $200 - $300

592

Group of U.S. Nickels and Cents

658 Liberty Head "V" Nickels; 427 Buffalo Nickels; 27 Indian Head Cents;
approximately 3,400 Steel Cents of 1943, all are circulated with various
degrees of wear, some dark toning, some damage; rust to some steel cents
Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $200 - $300

593

1837 Seated Liberty Half Dime

first year of seated design, Philadelphia Mint, surfaces with faint marks but no
break in luster, UNC

Provenance: Brunk Auctions, November 9, 2019, Lot 393
Estimate: $400 - $600

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594

Six Spanish Colonial Silver Coins

1782 Mo-FF, Charles III, Eight Reales; 1795 Mo-FM, Charles IV, Eight Reales;
1796 Mo-FM, Charles IV, Eight Reales; 1808 Mo-TH, Ferdinand VII, Eight
Reales; 1836 Lima MT Peru Eight Reales; 1888 TF Peru Un Sol, considerable
wear and circulation on each, some with hairlines, dark areas, scattered
abrasions, surface encrustation, chop marks
Provenance: Dr. Harry Glenn Buchanan Collection
Estimate: $400 - $600

596

595

Group of U.S. Silver Coins

2002 American Silver Eagle; 2007 American Silver Eagle; 1971-S Eisenhower
Dollar (silver clad proof); 1972-S Eisenhower Dollar (silver clad proof); 1890-
O Morgan Dollar; 1922 Peace Dollar; four 1964 Kennedy Half Dollars; 1966
Kennedy Half Dollar; 1967 Kennedy Half Dollar; 1968-D Kennedy Half Dollar,
American Silver Eagles UNC; Eisenhower Dollars Proof ("Proof-63'' per Littleton
envelopes); others with evidence of circulation
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $200 - $300

Assorted Coins in Stanley Toolbox

approximately $15 face value in U.S. 90% silver coinage, majority Barber
Dimes; over 90 1909 Lincoln Cents; approximately 150 high grade Jefferson
Nickels, mostly 1939; bags of Wheat and early Memorial (1959 Si 1960)
Lincoln Cents; 35 rolls of U.S. coins, mostly in the one cent denomination
with a few rolls of 1943 steel cents; 1953 Canadian 'Coronation' set; assorted
tokens, medals and foreign coinage; various vintage bags and change purses
included; with four hand painted French magic lantern glass slides; miniature
deck of playing cards, most are circulated with varying degrees of wear, typical
scattered marks and abrasions

Provenance: Estate of William A. Little, Charlottesville, Virginia
Estimate: $200 - $300

597

1876 Switzerland Shooting Thaler 5 Francs

city view of Lausanne, uncirculated with lavender color around the periphery,
minimal wispy lines in field

Provenance: Brunk Auctions, February 7-8, 2020, Lot 1146
Estimate: $300 - $500

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598

1844 Gold Liberty Head Quarter Eagle

Philadelphia issued $2.50 gold coin, actual gold weight (AGW) 0.12094 oz. T.,
lustrous XF, typical marks and abrasions consistent with grade
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $300 - $500

600

Twenty Dollar Gold Certificate

series of 1906, Napier/Thompson signature combination. Intact but well
circulated, hard vertical center crease, edge wear, multiple tiny holes, dark spots
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $200 - $400

Wonderful note that harkens back to a time when "twenty dollars in gold
coin" was "payable to the bearer on demand."

599

Pair $20 Error Notes

series 1985, with light or missing third printing (green ink seals and serial

numbers), crisp with no evidence of circulation

Provenance:

Estimate: $400 - $600

601

1843-0 Gold Liberty Head Quarter Eagle

New Orleans issued $2.50 gold coin, actual gold weight (AGW) 0.12094 oz. T.,
lustrous XF with some rim chatter, typical marks and abrasions consistent with
grade

Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $300 - $500

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602

Cent, Nickel, Dime, and Dollar Sets

Lincoln Cents from 1941 to 1987, including proofs starting in 1975, missing
only 1980-S; Jefferson Nickels, 1938 to 1964; Roosevelt Dimes, 1946 to
1968, complete with a few extra; Susan B. Anthony, 1979 to 1981, complete
12 coin set, Lincoln Cents, mostly VF to XF, some with cleaning, occasional
verdigris; Jefferson Nickels, majority Fine or close, likely put together from
circulation; Roosevelt Dimes, circulated, early dates approximating VF with
later dates closer to XF on average, a few nicer; Susan B. Anthony, uncirculated
as expected

Provenance: Dr. Harry Glenn Buchanan Collection
Estimate: $200 - $300

604

Assorted Collector Coins

Statehood, National Parks, Quarters; Susan B. Anthony, Native American,
Presidential, Dollars; 1972 U.S. Mint Set; five 2010 U.S. Mint America The
Beautiful Proof Quarters sets; two 1970 British proof sets; three 1971 British
proof sets (first year of decimalization); various cent and nickel denomination
coins, majority of this lot remains In Littleton envelopes and tubes, uncirculated
and lustrous

Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $300 - $500

The face value of the U.S. coins in this lot is in excess of $300. Also included
are 20 unused Littleton folders, the majority being for Statehood Quarters.

603

Group of Four Eclectic Banknotes

"Invade Cuba!" stamped Silver Certificate, Bay of Pigs reference; Short
Snorter on Silver Certificate, some signatures legible; "The Southern Change"
banknote, Richmond, 1862, issued by Sylvester P. Cocke; Confederate Poem
on T-61 Confederate $2 note, all well circulated, especially 'Confederate Poem'
note

Provenance: Private Collection, Swannanoa, North Carolina
Estimate: $200 - $300

605

Group of Southern States Banknotes

11 total pieces of currency, three Confederate notes and South Carolina
Railroad Company banknote in hanging frame; three fractional South
Carolina notes; three fractional North Carolina notes; one fractional
Confederate note, light staining, average circulation on most, some with
typical gall Ink corrosion at signatures; South Carolina Railroad Company note
with major repair and cancelations
Provenance: Private Collection
Estimate: $100 - $200

606

Two Seated Liberty Dollars

1842 and 1871, both Philadelphia Mint, both circulated and with surface

abrasions, toning, some wear at rims, 1871 with an attempted hole (not fully

pierced) at AT of STATES on reverse

Provenance: Dr. Harry Glenn Buchanan Collection

Estimate: $300 - $500